Review: Bourbon de Luxe 7 Years Old Rum Cask Finish and 8 Years Old
Some bourbon brands are born in the distillery. Others are born in the marketplace, shaped by the people who sell them, the companies that carry them forward, and the circumstances that determine whether they survive. Bourbon de Luxe belongs to the latter category, and its story stretches back more than a century, through Prohibition, the…
Review: Wines of Iterum, 2026 Releases
Joe Dobbes is an icon in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, whose wineries Dobbes Family Estate and Wine by Joe have been staples of the region for decades. Iterum is Dobbes’s self-proclaimed “retirement project,” a prestige brand founded in 2019 that draws on Dobbes’s deep knowledge of Oregon terroir and features numerous single vineyard expressions in its arsenal.…
Review: Pegasus Vodka and Eau d’Or
We previously reviewed Pegasus Distillery’s meteorite-infused vodka, but today we circle around to try their more grounded, original vodka along with the citrus focused liqueur Eau d’Or. Both are made at the Meursault, Burgundy-located distillery, which is still fairly young, having been founded in 2021, but they are drawing attention by making exciting products with…
Review: Whiskeys of Locke + Co.
Colorado-based Locke + Co. — with a plus, not an ampersand — appears to be following in the footsteps of other mountainous distillers by forging its own path. Focusing on bourbon and rye releases, the busy operation has a singular trick up its sleeve that it leans on for all of its releases to date:…
Review: Blue Note Cherry Wood Cask Bourbon
Blue Note Bourbon was initially launched in mid-July 2018 by B.R. Distilling Company in Memphis, Tennessee. As an Owensboro resident, Blue Note has held a special place in my appreciation of my city’s whiskey story. During the early days of whiskey distilling’s revival in Owensboro, O.Z. Tyler was giving consumers very young bourbon that had…
Review: Elysian Punkuccino
Take a seasonal pumpkin ale and mix it with a classic milk stout and what do you get? This surprisingly delightful blend of beer styles that is built around a complex mix of Stumptown cold brew coffee, cinnamon, nutmeg, lactose, various malts, German Northern Brewer hops, and three different additions of pumpkin to the…
Review: 2025 Mezzacorona Dinotte Red Blend
Mezzacorona’s Ventessa lineup already made its case for Trentino as a place worth considering when looking for a proper budget wine buy, so Dinotte was presumably christened for mood rather than any darkness in the glass or otherwise. The premise remains rooted in Alpine traditions: Teroldego and Marzemino are harvested off hillside vineyards in the…
Review: Whiskey Jypsi Gibson Tonewood: The Collective
Here’s a new collaboration for you: Whiskey Jypsi partnered with Gibson — the guitar makers — to “reverse the familiar relationship between guitars and whiskey. Guitar makers have used whiskey barrel wood for years. With Tonewood, Whiskey Jypsi and Gibson flipped the idea: toasted maple tonewood offcuts from Gibson’s broader guitar-building process, wood already prized…
Review: NV Nicolas Feuillatte Brut and Rose Champagne (Updated 2026)
We’ve written about the Champagnes of Nicolas Feuillatte several times, but here’s a fresh look at two of the operation’s most available bottlings from the “Reserve Exclusive” series — a nonvintage brut and a rose, both seen here in their 2020 incarnations. Both are available in standard bottles and in 187ml “splits” that can be…
Review: Non-Alcoholic Wines from French Bloom
Non-alcoholic wine can still feel like an immense leap of faith. It’s a perpetual trust-fall exercise, hoping whoever is on the other side bottling the stuff actually cares that it tastes like something in the same postal code as the alcohol-filled alternative. Enter French Bloom, a venture co-founded by ex-Michelin guide director Maggie Frerejean-Taittinger and…
